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Alex Avila

Alexander Thomas Avila

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 29, 1987 in Hialeah, FL
High School: Archbishop McCarthy (Pembroke Pines, FL)
School: University of Alabama
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 2008 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 2008. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 6, 2009   vs. BAL 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Tigers 2009-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$425k (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.061, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ted Williams… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2009 22 DET AL 29 72 61 9 17 4 0 5 14 0 0 10 18 .279 .375 .590 .965 148 36 0 0 0 1 0 2
2010 23 DET AL 104 333 294 28 67 12 0 7 31 2 2 36 71 .228 .316 .340 .656 79 100 12 2 1 0 0 2
2011 24 DET AL 141 551 464 63 137 33 4 19 82 3 1 73 131 .295 .389 .506 .895 143 235 8 3 3 8 9 *2/D5 AS,MVP-12,SS
3 Seasons 274 956 819 100 221 49 4 31 127 5 3 119 220 .270 .362 .453 .815 121 371 20 5 4 9 9
162 Game Avg. 162 565 484 59 131 29 2 18 75 3 2 70 130 .270 .362 .453 .815 121 219 12 3 2 5 5

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2009 22 DET AL 72 4 0 -0 0 0 1 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $ 2
2010 23 DET AL 333 -8 -2 0 -1 -3 6 11 2 0.2 5 0.5 -0.3 $404,900 2
2011 24 DET AL 551 31 -2 -0 0 -1 8 19 55 5.4 56 5.5 -0.1 $425,000 *2/D5 AS,MVP-12,SS
3 Seasons 956 27 -3 -1 -1 -4 15 32 64 6.3 68 6.7 -0.4 $829,900

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 24 DET AL ALDS NYY W 5 19 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .063 .167 .063 .229 1 0 0 1 0 0
2011 24 DET AL ALCS TEX L 6 25 25 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 .080 .080 .200 .280 5 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 11 44 41 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 16 .073 .116 .146 .263 6 1 0 1 0 0
1 ALDS 5 19 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 .063 .167 .063 .229 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALCS 6 25 25 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 .080 .080 .200 .280 5 1 0 0 0 0

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
2009 DET AL 22 C 25 108 101 7 0 0 1.000 -1 4.32 .992 7.39 4 11 4 27%
2010 DET AL 23 C 98 594 556 34 4 5 .993 -3 -4 6.02 .990 7.37 6 43 20 32%
2011 DET AL 24 C 133 130 126 1157.0 1018 940 73 5 14 .995 0 1 0 1 7.88 7.62 .992 7.61 7.57 7 56 85 40 32% 0 AS,MVP-12,SS
2011 DET AL 24 DH 4 4 AS,MVP-12,SS
2011 DET AL 24 3B 1 1 1 8.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -1 0 -157 0 1.12 1.00 .955 2.59 2.60 AS,MVP-12,SS
3 Seasons C 256 130 126 1157.0 1720 1597 114 9 19 .995 -3 -4 -3 -4 7.88 6.68 .991 7.61 7.48 17 56 139 64 32% 0
1 Season 3B 1 1 1 8.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -1 0 -157 0 1.12 1.00 .955 2.59 2.60
3 Seasons TOT 257 131 127 1165.0 1722 1597 115 10 19 .994 -4 -4 -4 -4 7.83 6.66 .991 7.58 7.46 17 56 139 64 32% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
2011 (C)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
2011 AL (12, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1251st)

Silver Sluggers
2011 AL (C)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
2011 AL  5.4 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
2011 AL  5.5 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2011 AL  .389 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2011 AL  .895 (8th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2011 AL  143 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2011 AL  31 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2011 AL  3.0 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2011 AL  .704 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
2011 AL  8 (8th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2011 AL  9 (10th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
2011 AL  133 (1st)

Putouts as C s c a p y
2011 AL  940 (1st)

Assists as C s c a p y
2011 AL  73 (2nd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
2011 AL  7 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
2011 AL  85 (5th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
2011 AL  40 (1st)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
Active  31.5 (12th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
2011 AL  7.88 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
2011 AL  7.62 (2nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
2011 AL  .995 (2nd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1535), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Bill Salkeld (969)
  2. Nick Hundley (952)
  3. Chris Coste (948)
  4. Earle Brucker (948)
  5. John Baker (943)
  6. Bill DeLancey (937)
  7. John Orsino (937)
  8. Matt Wieters (932)
  9. Ryan Hanigan (928)
  10. Bill Sarni (923)
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  1. Russell Martin (959)
  2. Jim Pagliaroni (956)
  3. Rich Gedman (955)
  4. Ray Fosse (954)
  5. Matt Nokes (944)
  6. Javy Lopez (941)
  7. Matt Wieters (938)
  8. Ken O'Dea (937)
  9. Jerry Moses (937)
  10. Kurt Suzuki (935)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Russell Martin (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

  • June 5, 2008: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 5th round of the 2008 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 2008.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
201023Detroit Tigers$404,900
201124Detroit Tigers$425,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$829,900
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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Name and misspellings: Alexander Alex alez Thomas Avila

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